From: "Stefan Kanthak" <stefan.kanthak@nexgo.de>
To: <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>, <jerinj@marvell.com>
Cc: <dev@dpdk.org>, "Pavan Nikhilesh" <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>,
<stable@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: fix large multiple calculation in reciprocal division
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 11:07:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2851514C9E0449B4BA5C564727084D68@H270> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190414052325.15984-1-pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com> wrote Sunday, April 14, 2019 7:22 AM:
> From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
>
> Fix large multiple calculation in 64 bit reciprocal division.
This "fix" has a SERIOUS bug, it needs yet another fix.
I recommend to understand code first before you copy it!
[...]
> + int64_t i;
uint i = 64;
> + uint64_t t;
> +
> + for (i = 1; i <= 64; i++) {
do {
> + t = x >> 63;
t = (int64_t) x >> 63; // t is either 0ULL or ~0ULL
> + x = (x << 1) | (y >> 63);
> + y = y << 1;
> + if ((x | t) >= z) {
> + x = x - z;
> + y = y + 1;
> + }
} while (--i > 0);
Stefan Kanthak
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-04-17 8:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-04-14 5:22 pbhagavatula
2019-04-15 15:44 ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-04-16 9:07 ` Stefan Kanthak [this message]
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